Actress Richa Chadha, now a producer, says that she has always wanted to make a film that she herself would like to see as an viewer.
She held the screening of her first production Khoon Ali Chithi on Monday in Mumbai.
“Digital medium is giving a lot of opportunities to filmmakers to make content of their choice. People used to tell me to get into production, but I haven’t thought about that as I was really busy. I always wanted to make content which I like to see as an audience and that’s how I came on board to produce this film,” Chadha said at the screening.
Khoon Ali Chithi, a Punjabi short film, is a love story set against the backdrop of turmoil in Punjab in the early 1990s.
The film’s screening was attended by celebrities such as Imtiaz Ali, Ali Fazal and Swara Bhaskar.
Fazal, who has earlier worked in short films for digital platforms, feels that short films are a great platform for content creators. “It is very crisply made and gives a nice message,” said Fazal, who has teamed up with Chadha for Fukrey 2.
The actor also said that the Fukrey 2 shoot has been completed and it will release in September.
“As a filmmaker, I feel this medium is very amazing to express one’s creativity. In short films, you can tell a story of your choice irrespective of genre. It gives you freedom when you are making short films,” Ali, a director, said.
Actress Bhaskar believes that the audience’s attention span is reducing day by day so short films are a great platform to express one’s story. “A short film is very new and an exciting medium which is getting explored by almost all filmmakers... For every actor, any good story is an attraction whether it’s in short film or a film,” she said.
Actress Akshara Haasan feels that the short format is a great platform to experiment, make mistakes and learn from them. “Short films are important. I have also directed a short film in which you get to experiment and make mistakes on small scale and get to learn out of it.”
